Broadway-Hildebrand work finally under way

Traffic moves through the intersection of Hildebrand and Broadway Monday January 7, 2013. A flood control project in the area is starting and more lanes and and traffic lights are also being added. Construction in the area should be completed by summer 2014. The long-delayed $15.5 million flood-control project near the Broadway-Hildebrand intersection got under way Monday, with multiple lane closures planned for this week.Hildebrand, between the San Antonio River and Broadway, will be closed for sewer work this weekend, starting at 9 p.m. Friday and lasting until 5 a.m. Monday. Later this month, Hildebrand will be converted to one-way, eastbound, for the duration of construction.

Photo By JOHN DAVENPORT/San Antonio Express-News

Traffic moves through the intersection of Hildebrand and Broadway Monday January 7, 2013. A flood control project in the area is starting and more lanes and and traffic lights are also being added. Construction in the area should be completed by summer 2014.

Photo By Robin Jerstad/For the Express-Ne

With the University of the Incarnate Word in the background, Broadway St. (lower left to upper right) and Hildebrand intersect.

More Information

The long-delayed $15.5 million flood-control project near the Broadway-Hildebrand intersection gets under way today.

What's being added

More traffic lanes and traffic lights, including a left-turn lane into the University of the Incarnate Word from Hildebrand Avenue and a traffic light at Broadway at Allensworth

A large drainage outfall in the San Antonio River beneath Hildebrand

What it will mean to you

Drivers can expect alternating lane closures on Hildebrand this week.

Sometime after Jan. 14, Hildebrand from the river to New Braunfels Avenue temporarily will be converted into a one-way (eastbound) stretch.

Drivers who want to take Hildebrand west to U.S. 281 will have to use a detour. The road will revert to two-way traffic once construction is complete in summer 2014. In the meantime, drivers still will be able to turn west onto Hildebrand from Brackenridge Road and from UIW west of the river.

Don't even think about ...

... Trying to cut through UIW from Broadway to get to westbound Hildebrand. University police will be on the lookout for drivers doing just that. The university also plans to permanently close its entrance at Broadway and Davis Court, but the official school entrance at Broadway and Burr Road will remain open.